Stool



March 15, 1966 J. R. TISDELL 3,240,530

STOOL Filed Jan. 18, 1965 (/Zwr/eu 77 o e// INVENTOR.

BYW 0% ATTORNEY United States Patent C) M 3,240,530 STOOL James R. Tisdell, Rte. 1, Box 66, Hempstead, Tex. Filed .lian. 18, 1965, Ser. No. 426,053 2 Ciaims. (Cl. 297-461) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a stool.

It is an object of this invention to provide a stool for use by barbers, and the like, where the person being serviced is seated.

It is another object of this invention to provide a stool for use by barbers, and the like, while providing service to a person seated in a chair, having means for providing stability and having no supporting structure positioned to interfere With movement of the user in standing and resuming a seated position.

Barbers, and the like, such as dentists, doctors and beauty operators, have special chairs for seating the persons being serviced, and in performing the service for such a person, are usually in a standing position, and this position becomes very tiring. Being seated on an ordinary stool places the worker in a very awkward position the legs of the stool interfering with the movements of the worker about the chair, and the tendency for ordinary stools to be easily upset, as well as the difficulty in positioning the stool close to the chair. "It is an object of this invention to provide a stool that will not be easily upset and that will permit close proximity to the chair, and will provide a seat for the barber at a nearby standing position.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts more particularly defined in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of the stool.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view, taken on the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 3 is a top view of the stool.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a semi circular base member having suitable castors 2, 2, mounted on the under side thereof, the terminal ends 3, 3 of the base member 1 being enlarged horizontally for reinforcement. A front piece 4, of semi-circular formation, is anchored to the base member 1 as by the braces 5, 5 and has an upwardly projecting seat holding member 6. The rear member 7 is arced in formation and extends from the apex of the base member to the apex of the front piece where the rear member 7 and the front piece 6 are joined. The rear member 7 is anchored to the base member 1 by means of the braces 8, 8.

A seat, as the bicycle seat 9, is mounted on the upper ends of the front piece and the rear member, and may be vertically adjustable, if desired.

3,240,539 Patented Mar. 15, 1966 In use, the barber, or the like, may seat himself on the seat 9, and draw the stool as close to the work as is desired, and may stand and move about easily without the legs of the stool interfering, and the stool itself may be easily pushed into and out of position for use without danger of upsetting same, the castors 2 permitting ready movement in any direction, and the formation of the members of the stool providing the necessary stability to the stool.

The drawings show the various components of the stool as flat material, however, it is contemplated this same conformation may be used in a stool construction of light tubular metal.

While the foregoing is considered a preferred form of the invention, it is by way of illustration only, the broad principle of the invention being defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a stool, a semi-circular horizontal base member, castors mounted on said base member, a semi-circular vertical front piece mounted on said base member one adjacent each terminal and one at the apex of the base member, the ends of said front piece being anchored to said base member adjacent the respective ends of said base member to the rear of the position of said castors, a vertical rear member anchored at one end to said base member and being arced and joined to the upper portion of said front piece, a seat mounted on said front piece and said rear member at the point of joinder.

2. In a stool, a horizontal base member formed of flat semi-circular rigid material widened over a portion of the area adjacent the terminals thereof, castors on the lower face of said base member, a vertical semi-circular front supporting piece having its terminals anchored to said base member on the widened portions thereof and having a vertical extension on the upper portion thereof, an arcuate vertical rear member having one end mounted on said base member at the apex thereof and having the other end joined to the upper portion of the front piece, a seat mounted on the rear member and the front piece at the point of joinder.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 969,347 9/1910 Davis 297-240 2,205,978 6/1940 Hoag 2975 2,565,257 8/ 1951 Nichol 2975 2,836,224 5/1958 Hicks 297241 2,903,047 9/1959 Funyak 297-461 FOREIGN PATENTS 836,408 1/1939 France.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner. 

1. IN A STOOL, A SEMI-CIRCULAR HORIZONTAL BASE MEMBER, CASTORS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER, A SEMI-CIRCULAR VERTICAL FRONT PIECE MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER ONE ADJACENT EACH TERMINAL AND ONE AT THE APEX OF THE BASE MEMBER, THE ENDS OF SAID FRONT PIECE BEING ANCHORED TO SAID BASE MEMBER ADJACENT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID BASE MEMBER TO THE REAR OF THE POSITION OF SAID CASTORS, A VERTICAL REAR MEMBER ANCHORED AT ONE END TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND BEING ARCED AND JOINED TO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID FRONT PIECE, A SEAT MOUNTED ON SAID FRONT PIECE AND SAID REAR MEMBER AT THE POINT OF JOINDER. 